Monthly Archive for October, 2008

: October, 2008

REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES) Comedienne Sarah Silverman was left embarrassed on ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night chat show on Thursday, when the host screened lost footage of his former …

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Comedienne Sarah Silverman was left embarrassed on ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night chat show on Thursday, when the host screened lost footage of his former lover singing in a talent contest when she was a teen.

Silverman and Kimmel pretended to be awkward around each other as their interview started, but things really got uncomfortable when the host revealed he had a clip of his ex performing on a local Massachusetts talent show, called “Community Auditions.”

Silverman denied all knowledge of the contest and urged her ex to move on with his questions, but Kimmel revealed he had footage — and showed it.

The interview continued until the comedienne addressed the real issue, adding, “They wanna know that you and I went out and then we broke up … Don’t you feel like a fraud just talking about just shooting the [bleep].”

And when Silverman asked, “When we were split, did you kiss anyone else?” a speechless Kimmel simply showed the footage from the talent contest again.

Months after her 2006 wedding to the country singer, Urban checked himself into rehab to deal with ongoing alcohol issues, and now Kidman reveals she feels as if she and her husband went through 10 years of marriage in just a few months.

She tells Parade magazine, “We were thrown into his alcohol problem three months into the marriage, and that was big. We became the closest we could become, because we had to bare our souls. We did 10 years of marriage in three months. You go to hell and back with this. When the addiction takes control of the life, it’s terrifying.”

Urban spent six months trying to beat alcoholism and now Kidman feels proud of the effort her man made to change his life.

She adds, “There is hope, and we work on it every day, and we are in a place of actual peace right now, which is a beautiful place.

“I love him so deeply, and he has done an amazing amount of work, and he is an amazing husband, and I am just very, very grateful.”

Kidman also says that motherhood has turned her into a sobbing wreck — she weeps just thinking about her baby daughter.

The Aussie actress, 41, gave birth to Sunday Rose in July and she still can’t believe she’s a natural mom after a series of false hopes and a miscarriage.

She tells Parade magazine, “I’m raw and emotional. I cry even thinking of her, but they are tears of joy.

“I never thought I would get to have it. To have been given it so late in life I’m so ready for it.

“And I think giving birth to a child, as a woman, is what we’re born to do. I don’t mean that to sound sexist, because many women don’t get to do it, and I thought I was one of them.

Former Bond girl Grace Jones reportedly flew into a fury on Wednesday when a partygoer accidentally stepped on her fur coat at the London after party for new 007 movie “Quantum of Solace.” (Pic) The …

Former Bond girl Grace Jones reportedly flew into a fury on Wednesday when a partygoer accidentally stepped on her fur coat at the London after party for new 007 movie “Quantum of Solace.” (Pic)

The eccentric singer/actress joined the film’s stars Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench and Olga Kurylenko at the Battersea Power Station bash after the world premiere of the movie in the capital’s Leicester Square.

But she lost her temper when a male guest put his foot on her lavish coat in the VIP section of the venue.

British comedian Russell Brand plans to flee to Los Angeles to escape the furor surrounding his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, according to reports. Brand quit his job as a BBC radio …

British comedian Russell Brand plans to flee to Los Angeles to escape the furor surrounding his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, according to reports.

Brand quit his job as a BBC radio presenter after outrage over a stunt in which he and fellow broadcaster Jonathan Ross recorded voicemail messages for “Fawlty Towers” star Sachs.

In the calls, the pair made lewd comments about Brand’s fling with 78-year-old Sachs’ granddaughter.

And the funnyman is apparently eager to leave the U.K. when filming has wrapped on his TV show “Ponderland,” according to Britain’s The Sun.

A source tells the newspaper, “He just wants to get on the next plane out of England — and get away from this mess.

“Russell rushed along the filming so he could get to L.A. as soon as possible.”

Actress Mackenzie Phillips has been ordered into a drug diversion program by a Los Angeles judge after pleading guilty to a felony drug charge stemming from her August arrest. Phillips, 48, was …

Actress Mackenzie Phillips has been ordered into a drug diversion program by a Los Angeles judge after pleading guilty to a felony drug charge stemming from her August arrest.

Phillips, 48, was detained by police at Los Angeles’ LAX airport after security found her in possession of heroin and cocaine during a routine screening there on August 27.

The actress’ guilty plea will reportedly be dismissed after she completes the court-ordered program, erasing the incident from her record.

Phillips entered rehab in September, following the charges.

Addressing the court at Friday’s hearing, she said: “I want to thank the Los Angeles Police Department and the Airport Police for stopping me, they saved my life.”

Additional charges against Phillips, reportedly including another felony count of possession of a controlled substance, and one misdemeanor count of unauthorized possession of a needle or syringe, have been dismissed.

Jennifer Hudson has set up a new foundation just days after her mother, brother and nephew were killed in a devastating triple murder. The Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims is named …

Jennifer Hudson has set up a new foundation just days after her mother, brother and nephew were killed in a devastating triple murder.

The Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims is named in honor of the Oscar-winner’s mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and nephew Julian King.

A statement from Hudson’s family reads, “The specific purpose of the Foundation is to care for the needs of families who have lost relatives to a violent crime. This encompasses their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter as well as grief counseling.”

The announcement of the new foundation came after a prayer vigil at the Hudson family’s local church in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday night.

Hudson’s mother and brother died from gunshot injuries at their home last Friday, while King’s remains were discovered three days later in an abandoned car in Chicago.

William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister Julia, is considered a suspect in their shooting deaths. He remains in police custody at deadline.

Country sweetheart Kellie Pickler has beaten depression by making lists and surrounding herself with great people. The “Red High Heels” singer battled the blues in 2007 when a bad break-up and a …

Country sweetheart Kellie Pickler has beaten depression by making lists and surrounding herself with great people.

The “Red High Heels” singer battled the blues in 2007 when a bad break-up and a string of family issues left her reaching for the anti-depressants.

But, when they didn’t work, the former “American Idol” star turned to a non-medical solution — she picked up a pen and paper.

She says, “I’ve struggled with depression my whole life and I’ve always been an insecure person. … Last year was really rough on me. … Everything in my career was great but my personal life was crumbling.

“I was on anti-depressant pills all last year. I just really had to sit back and re-evaluate the people that I’m around and make a list of everything that really is bothering you and hurting you and do what you can to find closure in that part of your life.

“It’s well known that there’s always been a struggle between my mother and me and my father and me; I don’t have the relationship with them that I would like to have and for so long I kinda blamed myself for it.

“Now, I’ve got great people around me and you’re only as good as the company you keep.”

And she admits her new love is giving her a new positive outlook on life: “He’s amazing and he’s a songwriter. … He’s a great guy and I’ve finally found one guy that I don’t hate. He’s really good to me.”

Rocker Travis Barker’s ex-wife is shopping for a luxury tour bus so the drummer no longer needs to jump on a plane to get to gigs. Barker was left badly burned and injured following a September plane …

Rocker Travis Barker’s ex-wife is shopping for a luxury tour bus so the drummer no longer needs to jump on a plane to get to gigs.

Barker was left badly burned and injured following a September plane crash in South Carolina, which left four dead.

And now his ex Shanna Moakler insists the former Blink-182 star has no plans to set foot on another private plane.

She says, “We’re probably not going to be flying anytime soon, at all. … We are going to invest in a tour bus.”

Moakler and Barker traveled back to California from Georgia, where the rocker was hospitalized after the crash, on a bus.

And, speaking for the first time about the night she heard of the plane crash, Moakler tells “Extra,” “Travis was just in the back of the plane and he remembered where the emergency exit was. So it’s miraculous.”

Only he and pal/bandmate Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein survived the crash, and Moakler reveals that Barker, who has always hated flying, had an intuition about the dreaded flight.

She adds, “What’s really odd, before they left, he had taken pictures of the plane and sent them to me. He said, ‘I don’t have a good feeling about this plane’ … I said, ‘Please be safe.’ He had a feeling … that something was about to happen.”